Southern Exposure Film Festival at 5 Rivers Delta

December 5 – in Mobile / Spanish Fort at 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center with Sierra Club, Mobile Bay Group

Learn more about these short documentaries at https://alabamarivers.org/se-2023/

Created in six weeks during the summer, the 2023 Southern Exposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions. In this collection, we’ll explore the Sipsey Wilderness through the eyes of a “city girl” and see why our special places need to be protected for all Alabamians. We’ll learn about real wastewater solutions being implemented in the Black Belt, bringing justice to areas that have long been overlooked and underserved for these basic needs. We will meet three Indigenous people who have felt the call to protect their land, and we will hold ADEM’s feet to the proverbial fire as we question why a landfill was left essentially unregulated for years, resulting in the Moody Landfill Fire that raged for months. Finally, we will see just how precious the mussel is to our ecosystem, while learning about a project that would culminate in the most ecologically significant river reconnection project in the history of the United States, right here in Alabama.

Join Gulf Coast Creation Care at 5 pm for a pre-event meeting where we will walk through the Live Oak Loop trail to see where our forest therapy signs will be installed.